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CELTIC R1A Voices of the Celtic World 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Reading and composition course based on works of Celtic writers both in English and in translations from Celtic languages. In addition to training in textual analysis and descriptive and argumentative writing, the courses will discuss the notion of Celtic "voices": distinctive modes of cultural expression chosen by important authors from a Celtic milieu. Readings will be chosen from a variety of modern Irish, Welsh, highland Scots, and Breton writers. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required.

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CELTIC R1B Voices of the Celtic World 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
Reading and composition course based on works of Celtic writers both in English and in translations from Celtic languages. In addition to training in textual analysis and descriptive and argumentative writing, the courses will discuss the notion of Celtic "voices": distinctive modes of cultural expression chosen by important authors from a Celtic milieu. Readings will be chosen from a variety of modern Irish, Welsh, highland Scots, and Breton writers. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better.<BR/>Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better.<BR/>Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature.<BR/>Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition.<BR/>Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required.

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CELTIC 15 Elementary Modern Irish 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015
A beginning course in Modern Irish. Students will be learning the basics of Irish grammar, and developing ability to understand, speak, read and write the language.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CELTIC 16 Introduction to Modern Welsh 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012
Introduction to modern Welsh conversation and grammar. Emphasis in the first-semester class is on pronunciation, mastering consonant mutations, using several tenses (present, perfect, imperfect, past), and the acquisition of basic vocabulary and idiom. Simple written materials based on traditional Welsh stories will supplement classroom oral-aural work.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructors: Klar, Rejhon

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CELTIC 70 The World of the Celts 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
An overview of the history of Celtic-speaking peoples from Indo-European times, including linguistic/archaeological evidence for the emergence of the Celtic language group in 1st millenium B.C. Europe. Celtic religion and comparative Indo-European mythology. Discussion of the validity of classical reports of the Celtic culture. Celtic tribal migrations in the historical period; the foundation of Brittany. The decline and suppression of modern Celtic languages; Celts in the New World.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Melia

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CELTIC 85 Intermediate Modern Irish 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
The second semester of Modern Irish. Continuing instruction in speaking, comprehension, reading and writing skills. By the end of this semester, students will have become acquainted with all of the central grammatical constructions of Irish, and will be ready to begin reading accessible Irish prose.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Celtic Studies 15; or 5 and 75

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CELTIC 86 Intermediate Modern Welsh 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013
Continuation of Celtic Studies 16, emphasizing progress in conversation, grammar, and idiom. Using tenses previously learned, students will learn how to ask and answer many types of questions and will learn conjugated prepositions and idiomatic uses of prepositions. Future and conditional tenses and simple relative clauses will be introduced. Level-appropriate written materials will supplement class work, and students will begin learning about Welsh culture as they learn the language.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Celtic 16; or 6 and 76 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructors: Klar, Rejhon

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CELTIC 98 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore standing

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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CELTIC 99 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Directed individual study on special topics approved by Celtic Studies.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Freshman and Sophomore standing and consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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CELTIC 102A Elementary Breton 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2012, Fall 2007, Fall 2003
This course will teach students to speak, read, and write modern literary Breton. We will follow the curriculum established by the only good introductory Breton text in English, which I will supplement with exercises and readings from current Breton publications and contemporary literature. Students will have covered most of the grammar of Breton by the end of the course.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Sweetser

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CELTIC 102B Advanced Breton 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2004, Spring 1997
Advanced readings in Breton. Continuation of Celtic Studies 102A. This course will teach students to speak, read, and write modern literary Breton. It will follow the curriculum established by the only good Breton text in English, which will be supplemented with exercises and readings from current Breton publications and contemporary literature.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Celtic 102A

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Sweetser

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CELTIC 105A Old and Middle Irish 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2015
A detailed introduction to the orthography, phonology and grammar of Old Irish designed to provide the student with the subsequent capacity to read with comprehension and to translate (with the aid of dictionary or glossary) any edited text in Old Irish or Middle Irish.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Celtic 15 and 85 or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CELTIC 119A Welsh and Arthurian Literature of the Middle Ages 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013
A selective study of major surviving works of Welsh prose and poetry of the Middle Ages, with special attention to the development of the legendary history of King Arthur in Europe. All work will be read in English, but course will be coordinated with 106A-106B for those who wish to do some of the readings in Welsh.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CELTIC 119B Welsh and Arthurian Literature of the Middle Ages 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2006, Spring 1999
A selective study of major surviving works of Welsh prose and poetry of the Middle Ages, with special attention to the development of the legendary history of King Arthur in Europe. All work will be read in English, but course will be coordinated with 106A-106B for those who wish to do some of the readings in Welsh.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CELTIC 125 Irish Literature in Translation 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2014
A selective study of key themes in modern Irish literature. Texts will include novels, short stories, and poetry and will concentrate on translations of works originally written in Irish. All work will be read in English, but the course will be coordinated with 75 or 115A-115B for those who wish to do some of the reading in Irish.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Celtic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 125A-125B

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CELTIC 128 Medieval Celtic Culture ...